Chapter 36

1. PPt prepared by Mark E. Hardgrove, Ph.D.

2. God’s Omniscience
Omniscience defined . . .
The historical definition is straightforward:
“God knows everything—past, present, and
future; He knows the actual and the
possible; only the impossible (the
contradictory is outside the knowledge of
God” Geisler

3. Biblical Basis for
God’s Omniscience
 Gen. 6:5
 Job 21:22; 36:4; 37:16
 Ps. 139:2-4, 17-18; 147:4-5
 Isa. 40:28; 42:9; 46:10
 Matt. 10:29-30
 Acts 15:17-18
 Rom. 8:29; 11:33
 Eph. 1:11
 Heb. 4:13

4. Objections to God’s Omniscience
 Be familiar with the twelve objections
and responses to the God’s
omniscience in Geisler, pp. 502-514